This paper estimates the size of informal economy in Pakistan by using monetary approach with some modifications … variables and use autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model instead of simple OLS and add education as an additional factor … electricity consumption approach and MIMIC models are used for the first time in case of Pakistan. The results show that the …

allocate resources, in response to the socio-political environment, to beat a certain benchmark rate of return in their pursuit …

The paper is a study of the relationship between poverty and environment by using a purpose-collected survey data from …

dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … implications, and has, in aggregate, increased poverty. …

data and found that despite the Bank’s strict poverty-targeting program used in client selection and despite the survey⠅

It outlines the broad framework and the strategy for poverty reduction based on four pillars: (a) accelerating economic …

This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan …